Florida Vacation

Jesse and I went to Orlando Florida March 13th-21st. We has a great time and the weather was warm and sunny. We arrived at Disney World Coronado Springs Resort at 3:30 am. It took 12 hours to get there for some reason. It should have only taken 8 hours, but our GPS unit for some reason guided us a weird way. We don't even know how or why. Maybe the Lord knew if we went the direct route there could've been danger and he lead us around it. It only took 9 hours to get home. Kinda crazy! So we started the next day with 4 and a half hours of sleep and went to Hollywood Studios. What a fun park. We ate at a restaurant called 50's Primetime Cafe that was so fun. The "cast members" (workers) call you kids and all the other people eating there are your cousins. The decor is straight from the 50's and the food was good home cookin. We got a "clean plate" sticker too. The next day we went to the Magic Kingdom. Half the rides there are kid rides, so we did all of our favorites and skipped the kiddie rides. I love Splash Mountain, and got pretty wet. We ate at a restaurant in the Contemparary Resort called The California Grill. It was amazing and had the best view of the Magic Kingdom. We missed the firework show by an hour because our reservation was at 9:40 and the fireworks were at 9:00. I was bummed because I wanted to see those from that view. We both had a filet mingon steak with asparagus and mashed potatoes. It was the best steak I've ever had! Melted in our mouths! And the rest of the meal including dessert was amazing too! The 3rd day was at the Animal Kingdom. I'd never been to this park before and it was pretty cool. We saw everything their except the Nemo and Friends show. The rides were cool. I loved the Mt. Everest Expedition ride. It takes you backwards fast for part of the ride. Jesse lost his sunglasses on this ride, but after we got off I asked the workers if they could caeck the seat we were in for them. They found them! A miracle. If they weren't expensive glassed I wouldn't have cared so much. Anyhoo. We ate at the Yak and Yeti restaurant which is asian food. I had Mahi Mahi for the first time and loved it. We saw the Jammin Jungle parade which is a fun parade. The 4th day we went to Epcot! We loved this park. We did the World Showcase for most the day. I love the countries and stores and restaurants there. We ate some pastries in France for breakfast. Then saw all the other countries throughout the day. Jesse's favorite country was Morocco. My favorite was Germany, France, and Italy, and the UK. I just long to go to Europe someday. We ate at Tutto Italia restaurant that evening. I must say that my Lasagne was best I've ever had. Sorry mom, I still love yours though. And one cool thing about Disney is they actually recruit people from the countries to work in the shops, restaurants, and rides. So it's as authentic as you can get. We saw the Illuminations show that evening to end the day. The next day we headed to Sea World. We had a great time there and saw all the shows, ending with Shamu. I don't think the Shamu in San Diego is the real one. This one definitly was. He was huge! They have a few rides too, which one I did by myself. Kraken is a pretty crazy roller coaster and so much fun. Jesse would have hated it, but I loved it. And we did Journey of Atlantis together. We got pretty wet on this ride. It was very fun! Then we got back to the hotel and decided to go see the ten o'clock showing of Fantasmic at Hollywood Studios. It only played a few nights a week and this was our only chance since we didn't have a park hopper. I am so glad we got to see it. It was amazing, but would be scary for little kids. With us seeing all the parks we had two days left to decide what two parks we wanted to go back to. So the next day we went to Epcot. We did the Future Showcase and rode all the rides and saw the future stuff. I remember vividly from being at DisneyWorld when I was 13, the hydroplants and that ride. And eating at the restaurant where you they use the food that is grown there. We also did the ride that spirals up the big Epcot globe. And a few new rides there are Mission Space, which has a tame version and a intense version. I did both, and Jesse did the tame. I just waited in line by myself for the intense one, which i did for about 4-5 rides througout the parks. The ride imitates how it feels to be launched into space. So cool. The intense version you actually spin to feel the G forces like you would in a shuttle. If you look to the side and not straight ahead you will get sick. So I made sure to look straight ahead. It was cool, but definitly felt a little uneasy fro about 20 min after the ride. Worth it though. Another new ride it Test Track. Your in a "race car" and it takes you through what crash test dummies go through. But it really wasen't much different than Jesse's driving. At the end you go 70 mph outside through some very windy parts, which was a lot of fun. And they have a nemo ride that was cute too. We saw some fun show in the countries too. Jesse was called on to help in a show with French waiters because they needed someone tall. He thought that was pretty cool. That evening we went to Cirque de Solei show called La Nuba. It's in Downtown Disney, which is a lot bigger than the one is California. We loved that show! It was amazing and unbelivable. The last day we went to Hollywood Studios. We rode a ride twice called Aerosmith's Rockin Rollercoaster. It was awesome. Smooth, very fast, and in the dark with neon signs everywhere. And of course Aerosmith music. I rode Tower of Terror alone, which was fun! And we saw the Indian Jones stunt show, which Jesse loved! I remember that vividly too. Too bad they don't have the ride there. That evening we ate at the Animal Kingdom Lodge at a restaurant callled Jiko. It's an African restaurant. It was ok food. The desserts were really good though. Cool atmosphere too. Then we looked around the resort, which is amazing. Huge lodge and cool decor. It has an african safari right in the middle of the resort rooms. To wake up and see giraffes, zebra, etc would be cool! And that ended our Disney World vacations. I am so glad we got the Dining Plan with our tickets. So worth it! On our way home we stopped in St. Augestine which is the oldest city in Florida. It was very windy and cold that day. But we stopped at the beach and dipped our feet in the Atlantic Ocean. This was our fist time there! We got some seashells too, which are everywhere. We didn't have time to see the city of St. Augestine, which I am sad about. But we had to get back. We had a wonderful time and made a lot of memories! I love vacation!